With nearly two dozen books in print during its first year, Post Mortem Press grew from a distraction against the worries of a corporate career gone awry to a successful independent publishing concern. We apparently did something unusual; we combined business acumen with a love of the written word and respect for the authors who create them.

This book represents 15 of the best short stories published by Post Mortem Press in 2011. It also brings to the same pages the work of some of Post Mortem Press' authors favorite and influential authors within the horror genre.

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This was a pretty good short story collection. It features 20 shorts and one novel excerpt.

My favorite stories within were:

Jonathan Maberry's "Like Part of the Family" 5 starsA private eye story with a twist.

Matthew Ashcraft's "Gracie"It's hard when your daughter comes back as a zombie. 4*

Joseph Williams' "Out in the Cold" 5*What happens when you are convinced your infant nephew is the devil? 5*

Scott Lange's "My Friend, Beer" 4*Machetes and beer. Nuff said.

F. Paul Wilson's "Soft" 5*I read thisThis was a pretty good short story collection. It features 20 shorts and one novel excerpt.

My favorite stories within were:

Jonathan Maberry's "Like Part of the Family" 5 starsA private eye story with a twist.

Matthew Ashcraft's "Gracie"It's hard when your daughter comes back as a zombie. 4*

Joseph Williams' "Out in the Cold" 5*What happens when you are convinced your infant nephew is the devil? 5*

Scott Lange's "My Friend, Beer" 4*Machetes and beer. Nuff said.

F. Paul Wilson's "Soft" 5*I read this one before, but it was awesome to read it again.

Ricky Massengale's "In the Rain" 4*A divorced man starting a new life.

T.L. Barrett's "The Reservoir" 5*Church picnic at the local reservoir.

C. Bryan Brown's "Sewer Rats" 4*A horror story about creatures in the sewers.

There were a few stories which I did not care for, which is not unusual for me with an anthology of this size. Every story though, has been previously published elsewhere, so you may have come across some of them before.

Jack Ketchum is the pseudonym for a former actor, singer, teacher, literary agent, lumber salesman, and soda jerk -- a former flower child and baby boomer who figures that in 1956 Elvis, dinosaurs and horror probably saved his life. His first novel, Off Season, prompted the Village Voice to publicly scold its publisher in print for publishing violent pornography. He personally disagrees but is perJack Ketchum is the pseudonym for a former actor, singer, teacher, literary agent, lumber salesman, and soda jerk -- a former flower child and baby boomer who figures that in 1956 Elvis, dinosaurs and horror probably saved his life. His first novel, Off Season, prompted the Village Voice to publicly scold its publisher in print for publishing violent pornography. He personally disagrees but is perfectly happy to let you decide for yourself. His short story The Box won a 1994 Bram Stoker Award from the HWA, his story Gone won again in 2000 -- and in 2003 he won Stokers for both best collection for Peaceable Kingdom and best long fiction for Closing Time. He has written eleven novels, the latest of which are Red, Ladies' Night, and The Lost. His stories are collected in The Exit At Toledo Blade Boulevard, Broken on the Wheel of Sex, and Peaceable Kingdom. His novella The Crossings was cited by Stephen King in his speech at the 2003 National Book Awards....more